NEWS.md

In install.load: Check, Install and Load CRAN Packages

install.load 1.2.5 (21 August 2023)

• Received an e-mail issue from Kurt Hornik on 19 August 2023 regarding the use of "@docType package" which is no longer valid. Modified the install.load.R file to reflect the requested change.
• Added minimal code testing
• Moved from testthat to tinytest for testing & removed testthat from Suggests
• Added spelling to Suggests
• Removed text related to the USGS GRAN Repository
• Revised the README
• Added a CITATION file

install.load 1.2.4 (25 November 2022)

• Changed all import statements to importFrom statements after an issue was filed by Toby Dylan Hocking for my iemisc package about data.table and zoo conflicts

install.load 1.2.3

• Included all suggested, similar packages in the package description rather than including them as Suggested packages
• Added try to install_load function to continue installing packages even if one or more package(s) is/are not found
• Added fastmatch, checkmate, and assertthat to imported packages in DESCRIPTION
• Added testthat to Suggested packages (minimal code testing)

install.load 1.2.1

• Added try to load_package function to continue loading packages even if one or more package(s) is/are not already installed. This removes the need to make sure that all packages are already installed prior to loading through load_package.
• Updated README.md file to include information on both functions
• Updated DESCRIPTION to include information on both functions

install.load 1.1.1

• Added load_package function to load packages that are already known to be installed
• Added examples for load_packages to the README.md file
• Added pacman to DESCRIPTION Suggests

install.load 1.0.5

• Changed CRAN mirror to https://cloud.r-project.org from https://cran.revolutionanalytics.com/

install.load 1.0.4

• Removed compiler dependency (thank you to Barry Rowlingson)
• Added Import utils (thank you to the needs package)
• Added utils to DESCRIPTION Imports
• Added needs and easypackages to DESCRIPTION Suggests
• Changed from http to https CRAN Repository
• Cleaned up the code using the lintr package
• Revised the README.md

install.load 1.0.3

• Changed the license from CC BY-SA 3.0 & CCO to CC BY-SA 4.0
• Changed the maintainer e-mail address
• Removed the USGS Copyright Notice from the README.md
• Changed from hosted at GitHub.com to GitLab.com

install.load 1.0.2

• Changed the USGS R GitHub Repository to the USGS GRAN Repository (pointed out by Luke Winslow)
• Changed from minor release cycle to patch release cycle for these minor changes

install.load 1.1.0

• Updated README.md with examples and USGS Copyright Notice

install.load 1.0.0

• Initial release

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